RESPIRATORY CARE

• Partial Obstruction - Indicated by low pitched snoring sound during inhalation
• Complete obstruction - Indicated by extreme inspiratory effort that produces no chest movement
• Lower airway obstruction - Not easy to observe. Stridor, a high pitch sound maybe heard. 
• Fowler - 45 - 90 Degrees
• Semi Fowlers - 30 - 45 Degrees
• High Fowlers - 60 - 90 Degrees
• Orthopneic Position - is an adaptation of high fowler's position. Advantage is unlike to high fowlers is that the organs are not pressing the diaphragm
• Abdominal or Diaphragmatic Breathing - it permits full breathing with little effort
• Glossopharyngeal Breathing - the client takes several gulf of air 6 to 10 then closing the mouth and the tongue pushes the air back and trap it in the pharynx the air is then force to the lungs where the glossitis is open
• Pursed-lip breathing - help the client develop control over breathing the client inhales to account of three and exhales to a count of seven
• Segmental breathing - it is performed on a segment of the lung
• Lateral basal expansion - may be done unilaterally or bilaterally
• Posterior Basal Expansion - is important for the post surgical patients whose in bed in a semi reclining position for an extended period of time
• Apical and basal expansion - required for clients who restrict their upper or lower chest movements because of pain from a severe respiration disease or chest surgery
• Splinting - minimize pain while moving and coughing
• Coughing - encourage expectation of mucus and secretions that accumulate in the airways after general anesthesia and immobility
• Chest Physiotherapy - it is a form of airway clearance therapy that is generally performed by a respiratory therapist with the goal of clearing mucus from the airway and lungs
• Percussion - sometimes called clapping. To loosen secretion. It is the forceful striking of the skin with cupped hands
• Vibration - it is a series of vigorous quivering produced by the hands
• Postural drainage - is the drainage by gravity of secretions from various lung segments